This is Evolved Gaming Episode 78!

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We be back again! This week we have a full house and some passerby’s. Disorganized as always, but still here to talk about Army of Two: The 40th Day, Borderlands, Star Ocean 4, and Lunar Silver Star Harmony. We also mention/discuss our favorite villian in games. As always, you can watch us live every Monday, Friday, and Saturday nights right here: www.justin.tv/frusratedfury

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Topics: Super Street Fighter IV, Infinity Ward/Activision, Shiren the Wanderer, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, Heavy Rain, & Battlefield Bad Company 2.

Intro music performed by “In Flames” off their album “A Sense of Purpose”
Outro music performed by “Outkast” off their album “Idlewild”

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This is Evolved Gaming Episode 77!

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We’re back after a two week break…and we’re back on JustinTV…yes we know we said we were done with JTV, but Ustream just didn’t have the viewers that we needed. Anyway, here’s what we talk about this week: Heavy Rain, Army of Two: The 40th Day, Star Ocean: The Last Hope and many more. Plus, we have an in depth disscussion/rant on fanboyism and defending a console for no good reason. It’s actually a nice watch. As always, you can watch us live every Monday, Friday, and Saturday nights right here: www.justin.tv/frustratedfury

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Part real-time strategy, part match-5 puzzler; Puzzlegeddon is undeniably fun and addictive.

What Pieces Interactive did to the simple game of match 5 colored cubes in a line (or row, or chain), is turn those simple colors into attack and defend resources for your in-game avatar. See, you are not alone on this playing field. Your enemies come in the form of alternate avatars that are also scrambling through their 6×6 grid collecting resources. Stay alive and win – it’s not at all that simple.

Developer: Pieces Interactive
Publisher: Tecmo
Platform: XBLA, PSN, PC, iPhone

When not in the mood for frantic battle-action, I spent my time playing the puzzle-focused Poison Peril. Both modes are tons of fun, with tons of reply value and un-matched game-type flexibility. And as expected, multiplayer is viciously nerve-wrecking and challenging, while still keeping you coming back for more.

If you like puzzle games, don’t skip on Puzzlegeddon. The same goes for fans of real-time strategy titles. It’s simply too much fun, at its price point, to not support. [A-]

Topics: Aliens VS Predator, Fret Nice, Crap of Defense, Puzzlegeddon, & P.B Winterbottom

Intro music performed by “Incubus” off their album “Make yourself”
Outro music performed by “Bilithic” off their album “empire”

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Not only has Fret Nice developer Pieces Interactive prove they can put together an inventive and fun platforming title, they’ve also proved they aren’t afraid of trying something different. Busting out the ol’ plastic guitar to play a platforming game sounds like a lot more fun than it really is, but that doesn’t mean the game falls short of being “purchase-worthy”.

Publisher: Tecmo
Developer: Pieces Interactive
Genre: Musical platforming
Platform: XBLA – PSN

Unlike your favorite Italian plumber platforming games, Fret Nice doesn’t rely on head-stomping as its primary attack maneuver. Instead you’re instructed to play riffs on your guitar in accordance with specific enemy attributes; a simple premise that is fairly intuitive and quite an interesting mechanic. When using a standard game-pad, Fret Nice is reminiscent of the Patapon or Loco Roco games; and controls just as well as it should be expected to. On the other hand when using a guitar peripheral the control scheme throws all intuitiveness out the window, and leaves you with confusing – and often broken – controls.

Looking past Fret Nice’s controller woes won’t be hard for anyone looking to jump into a bright, colorful, and competent platforming game which looks and feels like nothing you’ve ever seen this side of next-gen. Each of FN’s levels, and bonus stages, are well crafted and full of surprises down to the great boss encounters. The only thing holding back consumers from jumping into the world of Fret Nice is its aesthetics. While I’m a fan of the art design Pieces Interactive have chosen to roll with here, its bright, acid-trip appearance will most definitely scare off anyone who can’t open up to another’s approach. Those same people will be missing out on an enjoyable experience.

Not everything is grey and brown. Not everything is something before it. Fret Nice is a step forward in the right direction of music-based platforming games. And as disappointed as I was to see the idea of controlling my in-game avatar via plastic-axe fall short, it opened my eyes to how much fun Fret Nice is on the merits of its mechanics alone.  [A-]

-Jeffrey deMelo

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We here at Evolved Gaming had the pleasure of participating in a conference call with some of the developers working on MLB 2K10. MLB 2K10 is set to release on 3/2/10. Take a listen and look at the screens below to help make up your mind if this is the baseball title for you to pickup this year!
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The original crew has disappeared this week, leaving MrB4 with the hosting duties. Community members TouchedGolf, and the rant master himself Pimp/Dark Method 10k share their thoughts(and rants, lots of ‘em) about the games that they have been playing recently. Oh and by the way, one of us decided to be king of the jungle, who is it?, listen to find out.

Topics include:

- Game & Watch Collection
- Trajectile
- Where’s Waldo: The Fantastic Journey
- Dante’s Inferno
- Bioshock 2
- Battlefield Bad Company 2 Demo Impressions

Intro & Outro music selection performed by “A Wilhelm Scream” off their album “Ruiner”.

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